Razor sharpening device



Jan. 2, .1934. A. J. WARREN 1,942,229

RAZOR SHARPENING DEVICE Filed Feb; 10, 1932 Patented Jan. 2, 1934 UNITEDSTATES RAZOR SHARPENING DEVICE Admiral J. Warren, Washington, D. 0.,assignor to Eastern Tool & Mfg. 00., Bloomfield,

Application February 10, 1932. Serial No. 592,105

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a razor sharpening device and has for itsobject the production of a simple and efficient razor sharpening devicewhich consists of a minimum number of parts,

5 and which may be manufactured at a minimum cost.

A further object of this invention is the production of a simple andeflicient razor-blade sharpening device consisting of a plurality ofcontacting sharpening balls which are resiliently supported within eyesformed upon the respective ends of the resilient wire handle.

A still further object of this invention is the production of a simpleand efficient razor-blade sharpening device wherein the sharpening ballsare removably supported within the eyes carried by the respective endsof the resilient wire handle, thereby permitting the balls to be renewedwhen desired.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will appearthroughout the following specification and claim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the razor-blade sharpening deviceshowing the same in operation and illustrating the position of arazor-blade while being sharpened;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Figure 1 certainportions of the device shown in section;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2, looking inthe direction of the arrow;

Figure 4 is an enlarged top plan view of the sharpening balls andsupporting links therefor, the sharpening balls being partly shown insection; and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the improved sharpening device.

By referring to the drawing, it will be seen that 1 designates thehandle of the device which is preferably formed of spring wire havingthe loop 2 at one end, the shank portion 3 being constricted or drawncloser together to provide a spring action, the shank portion beingturned laterally as indicated at 4, to provide the offset substantiallyparallel ball-receiving eyes 5. These ball-receiving eyes 5 are arrangedin a plane at right angles to the loop portion 2, and within theseball-receiving eyes 5 are mounted the balls 6, which balls may be madeof any suitable or desired material, preferably of glass. The eyes 5 areof a diameter smaller in size than the diameter of the balls so as toconstitute pockets for supporting the balls and preventing the ballsfrom working through the eyes and dropping out of position.

When the balls 6 are in position and are being supported by the eyes 5,the balls are adapted to contact, as shown clearly in the drawing, andthis contacting of the balls will produce a frictional engagement at thecontact point and the spring arm of the handle will yieldably hold theballs in this yieldable frictional engagement.

In operation, the blade 7 which may be of any suitable or desired type,is placed in the position shown in the drawing so as to place thecutting edge of the blade between the frictional contact point of theballs 6, and the blade may be drawn across the sharpening device so asto draw the cutting edge of the blade across the contacting point of theballs, thereby efficiently sharpening the blade.

One of the important features of the present invention, however, is thesimplicity of the structure illustrated, wherein the handle is formed ofone continuous strand of spring wire, and is provided with the loop 2and the contracted or restricted shank portions 3, these shank portions3 terminating in laterally extending and spaced substantially paralleleye portions 5 to receive the glass balls 6 and yieldably andfrictionally hold the glass balls in contacting relation. No additionalsecuring means is necessary to hold the balls in position except the eyeportions 5 into which the glass balls fit and are snugly held inposition due to the fact that the eyes are of smaller diameter than thediameter of the balls themselves.

It should be understood of course that certain detail changes in themechanical construction may be employed, without departing from thespirit of the invention so long as these changes fall within the scopeof the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

As a new article of manufacture, a razor-blade sharpening devicecomprising a handle bent from a single strand of resilient wire havingan enlarged loop at one end and being provided with a restricted shankportion to facilitate the holding of the handle in the hand of anoperator, said restricted shank portion terminating in laterallyextending portions which are bent to produce substantially parallelball-receiving eyes arranged in spaced relation and extendingsubstantially at right-angles to said laterally extending portion, theportions of said strand constituting said eyes being circular incross-sectional area to provide smooth bearing surfaces, and ballsremovably and rotatably supported within the eyes for resilientfrictional contact with each other.

ADMIRAL J. WARREN.

